Rangers manager Philippe Clement: "We had chances, a few good saves from the goalkeeper and we hit the cross bar and post. "But we kept pushing, as I demand, to score more and kill the belief of the opponent.

It was a 3-0 trouncing in the end with Leon Balogun and Cyriel Dessers - both off the bench - netting in added-time but the Dons didn't help their cause in Govan after a defensive error was capitalised on for the opener - and they could have been punished a couple of times.

It was imperative to narrow that gap to Celtic after they dropped points on Tuesday. Anything else would have been intolerable to the Rangers fans. Their side started fast and got the reward, but that vital second,